The first case of aggressive mimicry among lamprologines in a new species of Lepidiolamprologus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1638, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Schelly, Robert ^a   Takahashi, Tetsumi ^b   Bills, Roger ^c   Hori, Michio ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aggressive mimicry; Lake Tanganyika; Lamprologini; Lepidiolamprologus mimicus new species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; LAMPROLOGINI; LEPIDIOLAMPROLOGUS; PERCIFORMES; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM;

EID: 36348947948     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1638.1.3     Document Type: Article

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